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CagePotato Stats: Longest UFC Win Streaks, All-Time and Current

Anderson Silva GSP Georges St. Pierre Men's Health magazine cover
(The pink-shirted gangster and the Canadian poster-boy have compiled the two longest win streaks in UFC history. Props: fightworld.com.br)

If Jim Miller can sock away his eighth consecutive UFC victory in August, he’ll become just the seventh fighter in the promotion’s history to accomplish that feat; Cain Velasquez also has a chance to join the club in October. With that in mind, we figured it would be a good time to publish a stats list of the UFC’s greatest win streaks — both all-time, and ongoing.

For the purposes of these lists, we only included fighters whose UFC win streaks were unbroken by draws or no-contests. However, if a fighter competed for different promotions between stints in the UFC, only the UFC fights are counted. If we’ve accidentally omitted somebody, please let us know in the comments section. And as with our previous stats lists, timelines, and leaderboards, we’ll periodically update this page when there are changes. Now let’s get to the numbers…

Anderson Silva GSP Georges St. Pierre Men's Health magazine cover
(The pink-shirted gangster and the Canadian poster-boy have compiled the two longest win streaks in UFC history. Props: fightworld.com.br)

If Jim Miller can sock away his eighth consecutive UFC victory in August, he’ll become just the seventh fighter in the promotion’s history to accomplish that feat; Cain Velasquez also has a chance to join the club in October. With that in mind, we figured it would be a good time to publish a stats list of the UFC’s greatest win streaks — both all-time, and ongoing.

For the purposes of these lists, we only included fighters whose UFC win streaks were unbroken by draws or no-contests. However, if a fighter competed for different promotions between stints in the UFC, only the UFC fights are counted. If we’ve accidentally omitted somebody, please let us know in the comments section. And as with our previous stats lists, timelines, and leaderboards, we’ll periodically update this page when there are changes. Now let’s get to the numbers…

Longest UFC Win Streaks, All-Time
Anderson Silva: 13 wins (6/28/06 – present)
Georges St. Pierre: 9 wins (8/25/07 – present)
Gray Maynard: 8 wins (9/19/07 – 8/28/10)
Lyoto Machida: 8 wins (2/3/07 – 10/24/09)
Jon Fitch: 8 wins (10/3/05 – 3/1/08)
Royce Gracie: 8 wins (11/12/93 – 9/9/94)
Chuck Liddell: 7 wins (9/24/99 – 11/22/02)
Chuck Liddell, again: 7 wins (4/2/04 – 12/30/06)
Randy Couture: 7 wins (5/30/97 – 11/2/01)
Cain Velasquez: 7 wins (4/19/08 – present)
George Sotiropoulos: 7 wins (12/8/07 – 11/20/10)
Rich Franklin: 7 wins (4/25/03 – 3/4/06)
Pat Miletich: 7 wins (3/13/98 – 12/16/00)
Jim Miller: 7 wins (7/11/09 – present)

Longest UFC Win Streaks, Current
Anderson Silva: 13 wins (6/28/06 – present)
Georges St. Pierre: 9 wins (8/25/07 – present)
Cain Velasquez: 7 wins (4/19/08 – present)
Jim Miller: 7 wins (7/11/09 – present)
Junior Dos Santos: 6 wins (10/25/08 – present)
Matt Hamill: 5 wins (12/27/08 – present)
Rick Story: 5 wins (9/19/09 – present)
Phil Davis: 5 wins (2/6/10 – present)
Matt Mitrione: 4 wins (12/5/09 – present)
Jake Ellenberger: 4 wins (1/2/10 – present)
Melvin Guillard: 4 wins (2/6/10 – present)
Jon Jones: 4 wins (3/21/10 – present)
Brendan Schaub: 4 wins (3/21/10 – present)
Nik Lentz: 4 wins (3/31/10 – present)

Last update: 5/13/11

UFC on Versus 5 Fight Card: Hardy vs. Lytle

Filed under: UFCThe UFC on Versus 5 fight card will be headlined by Dan Hardy vs. Chris Lytle in a welterweight scrap taking place Aug. 14 in Milwaukee.

On paper, Hardy vs. Lytle could potentially be a violent barnburner, considering the two men’s wil…

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The UFC on Versus 5 fight card will be headlined by Dan Hardy vs. Chris Lytle in a welterweight scrap taking place Aug. 14 in Milwaukee.

On paper, Hardy vs. Lytle could potentially be a violent barnburner, considering the two men’s willingness to box. Also on the card, Jim Miller could conceivably earn a title shot if he passes former WEC champion Ben Henderson in the co-headliner.

The current card is below.

UFC on Versus 5 Fight Card: Hardy vs. Lytle

Filed under: UFCThe UFC on Versus 5 fight card will be headlined by Dan Hardy vs. Chris Lytle in a welterweight scrap taking place Aug. 14 in Milwaukee.

On paper, Hardy vs. Lytle could potentially be a violent barnburner, considering the two men’s wil…

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The UFC on Versus 5 fight card will be headlined by Dan Hardy vs. Chris Lytle in a welterweight scrap taking place Aug. 14 in Milwaukee.

On paper, Hardy vs. Lytle could potentially be a violent barnburner, considering the two men’s willingness to box. Also on the card, Jim Miller could conceivably earn a title shot if he passes former WEC champion Ben Henderson in the co-headliner.

The current card is below.

Ex-WEC Champ Ben Henderson, Surging Jim Miller to Meet at UFC on Versus 5

Filed under: UFC, NewsFresh off his first UFC win at UFC 129, Ben Henderson is wasting no time in continuing his forward momentum. The former WEC lightweight champion has already agreed to his next fight, and it will come against one of the the divisio…

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Fresh off his first UFC win at UFC 129, Ben Henderson is wasting no time in continuing his forward momentum. The former WEC lightweight champion has already agreed to his next fight, and it will come against one of the the division’s surging talents.

Henderson will face Jim Miller at UFC on Versus 5 on August 14, the UFC confirmed late on Tuesday night.

‘UFC Live 5? Booking Alert: Jim Miller vs. Ben Henderson, Dan Hardy vs. Chris Lytle

Jim Miller Mac Danzig UFC 100 MMA photos
(Jim Miller viciously gnaws on Mac Danzig’s nipple at UFC 100.)

Following his seventh-straight Octagon victory — a third-round TKO over Kamal Shalorus at UFC 128 — Jim Miller will continue his arduous climb up the lightweight ladder at UFC on Versus 5 (August 14th, Milwaukee), where he’ll meet former WEC champ Ben Henderson. Henderson had his Octagon debut last month at UFC 129, scoring a unanimous decision victory over Mark Bocek, which helped wash away some of the shame from being one of MMA’s all-time greatest highlight-reel victims.

Fun fact: No fighter in the UFC has ever won eight fights in a row without earning a title shot. That would be an encouraging statistic for Miller, but the lightweight division is so clogged at the top right now — especially considering the delayed rematch between Edgar and Maynard, and Anthony Pettis being set up for a title shot if he beats Clay Guida in June — that Miller might have to keep winning for another full year before he gets the call.

Jim Miller Mac Danzig UFC 100 MMA photos
(Jim Miller viciously gnaws on Mac Danzig’s nipple at UFC 100.)

Following his seventh-straight Octagon victory — a third-round TKO over Kamal Shalorus at UFC 128 — Jim Miller will continue his arduous climb up the lightweight ladder at UFC on Versus 5 (August 14th, Milwaukee), where he’ll meet former WEC champ Ben Henderson. Henderson had his Octagon debut last month at UFC 129, scoring a unanimous decision victory over Mark Bocek, which helped wash away some of the shame from being one of MMA’s all-time greatest highlight-reel victims.

Fun fact: No fighter in the UFC has ever won eight fights in a row without earning a title shot. That would be an encouraging statistic for Miller, but the lightweight division is so clogged at the top right now — especially considering the delayed rematch between Edgar and Maynard, and Anthony Pettis being set up for a title shot if he beats Clay Guida in June — that Miller might have to keep winning for another full year before he gets the call.

Also on the card, Dan Hardy will attempt to break a three-fight losing streak when he goes toe-to-toe with Chris Lytle. Hardy most recently got out-wrestled to a unanimous decision by Anthony Johnson at UFC Fight Night 24, which followed previous losses to Georges St. Pierre and Carlos Condit. After the Johnson fight, Hardy called out Lytle as somebody who wouldn’t give him a “boring” fight, and the matchmaking gods must have been listening, because here we are. It’s definitely must-win time for the Outlaw. Lytle is coming back from his decision loss against Brian Ebersole at UFC 127, so he could use a ‘W’ himself.